Spiritual Gifts

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Spiritual Gifts

• Spiritual Gifts in the Book of Romans- Part 1

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The Big Picture- Salvation/Justification

• How does the relationship between Jews Gentile
  affect spiritual gifts?
• Are Gentiles in the New Testament saved by a
  different means than the Jews in the Old?
• Chapter 1- Gentiles are condemned and under the
  wrath of God (Romans 120)
• Gentiles can understand there is a God but they
  make a conscious choice not to worship God but to
  worship His creation instead

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The Big Picture- Salvation/Justification

• Chapter 2- Jews are guiltier than Gentiles
  because God has revealed Himself much more fully
  in the Law of Moses (Romans 212-13)
• Both Gentiles and Jews are equal in terms of
  condemnation
• Chapter 3- What good is having the Law then?
• We are not only helpless in our sin we are
  hopeless (Romans 321-22)

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The Big Picture- Salvation/Justification

• Chapter 4- Werent people in the OT saved by
  keeping the Law of God?
• Abraham was saved because he believed what God
  said (Genesis 156/Romans 43)
• Chapter 5- So what is so special about Jesus?
• Sin came from one person (Adam) and salvation
  comes from One person (Jesus)

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The Big Picture- Sanctification

• We are saved by faith alone, but how are we
  sanctified?
• Galatians 32-3 I would like to learn just one
  thing from you Did you receive the Spirit by
  observing the law, or by believing what you
  heard? Are you so foolish? After beginning with
  the Spirit, are you now trying to attain your
  goal by human effort?
• Chapter 6- We can not live the same we did before
  salvation (Romans 63,4)

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The Big Picture- Sanctification

• Chapter 7- So how can we live a new life?
• Paul gives the example of marriage
• The second is that law keeping does not work
• Chapter 8- The answer to the problem is the Holy
  Spirit (Romans 811)
• The Holy Spirit is at work in the life of the
  believer

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The Big Picture- Dispensations

• Chapters 9 , 10, and 11 are NOT a parenthesis
• Chapter 9- What went wrong for Israel not to
  believe in Jesus as the Messiah? (Romans 96,7)
• Chapter 10- People still have a decision to make
• Gentiles are being saved because they trusted in
  Jesus by faith and Jews who are working to keep
  the law can not keep the Law
• Chapter 11- So is it all over for Israel?
• Jewish hardening is only partial only temporary

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The Big Picture- Application

• Chapter 12- The first application regarding our
  salvation is the exercise of spiritual gifts
• Chapter 13- Godly living in an ungodly world
• Chapter 14 to 15 12- All about the relationship
  strong and the weak believers
• Spiritual gifts are strengths that allow us to
  minister to those who are weak
• Chapter 16- Personal encouragement and greetings
  to individuals

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Spiritual Gifts in the Book of Romans

• Spiritual gifts must be a topic for believers
  since they come after the chapters on salvation
• Spiritual gifts come after the chapters on
  sanctification, so they are not natural abilities
• Spiritual gifts come after the dispensational
  chapter 9-11, so gifts deal with getting us to
  minister to other people
• Spiritual gifts are about relationships with
  other people in the Body of Christ

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Concluding Thoughts

• Spiritual gifts are all about God (Chapter 1-11)
• Spiritual gifts are about people (Chapter 12-16)
• Spiritual gifts are entirely different than how
  the secular world thinks or acts

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To God Be the Glory

• To God be the glory great things He hath done!
• So loved He the world that He gave us His Son,
• Who yielded His life an atonement for sin,
• And opened the life gate that all may go in

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• CHORUS
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the earth hear His voice!
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the people rejoice!
• O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
• And give Him the glory great things He hath
  done!

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• O perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,
• To every believer the promise of God
• The vilest offender who truly believes,
• That moment from Jesus a pardon receives.

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• CHORUS
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the earth hear His voice!
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the people rejoice!
• O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
• And give Him the glory great things He hath
  done!

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• Great things He hath taught us,
• great things He hath done,
• And great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son
• But purer, and higher, and greater will be
• Our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see.

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• CHORUS
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the earth hear His voice!
• Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
• Let the people rejoice!
• O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son,
• And give Him the glory great things He hath
  done!